Making electronics a little more humane, a couple of design students have joined forces to design smart electronic home products with soul.
Unveiling their electronic home products recently at Milan Design Week 2014, ECAL's Bachelor of Industrial Design and Media & Interaction Design students are addressing the important issue of human-less electronic products.
The 'Delirious Home' project presents products with more tangible behaviors like Bonnie & Clyde by Romain Cazier, Anna Heck and Leon Laskowski, in which a teaspoon follows a cup around the table and the Mr Time clock by Léa Pereyre, Claire Pondard and Tom Zambaz that mimics the movement of the person in front of it.
"Technology has become smart but without a sense of humor, let alone quirky unexpected behavior," says the project's leaders Alain Bellet and Chris Kabel. "This lack of humanness became the starting point to imagine a home where reality takes a different turn, where objects behave in an uncanny way."
Personality-Injected Homeware
Delirious Home Electronic Home Products Debut at Milan Design Week
Trend Themes
1. Humane Electronics - Designing electronic products with more tangible and human behaviors, creating an opportunity for brands producing electronics to differentiate themselves by becoming more accessible and relatable to consumers.
2. Quirky Smart Technology - Innovating electronic products to have quirky unexpected behavior and a sense of humor, creating an opportunity for tech companies to differentiate themselves by offering personalized and unique products.
3. Smart Home Personalization - Creating a home environment where objects behave in an uncanny way, offering personalized and unique experiences to homeowners and opening up an opportunity for companies to explore personalization in the home automation industry.
Industry Implications
1. Electronics - The electronics industry can embrace more humane and quirky design, creating an opportunity to stand out as a company that values accessibility and relatability to consumers.
2. Tech - The tech industry can innovate and personalize electronic products to offer unique and personalized experiences, creating an opportunity to differentiate themselves from competitors.
3. Home Automation - The home automation industry can explore personalization in the design of smart home products to offer uncanny and unexpected experiences to homeowners, creating an opportunity to stand out as a company that offers unique and personalized experiences.